Engineering & Transportation

One of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers, salesmen...

The theory and implementation of a quality management system is explained by Slater, who manages such a system at LTV Steel Corporation. He details the six ...

Rising from the corporate wreckage of the 1970s, when even the nation's largest railroad filed for bankruptcy, American railroads are once again a major pa...

"Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the e...

For more than 100 years, steam locomotives were the most technologically advanced form of power and transport dominating the railways, and were often descri...

the Economy Is Imploding: It's Impossible For First Time Buyers To Break Into The Housing Market, Jobs Are Vanishing Faster Than High Street Banks And The ...

On The Land Of His Ancestors In Scotland, A Young Farmer Struggles To Find A Balance Between Farming, The Conservation Of Wild, And Human Culture As He Esta...

Conceived in the mid-Thirties for the RAF as an Army co-operation and liaison aircraft, Westland Aircraft designed and built the rugged high-wing monoplane ...

guesstimation Is A Book That Unlocks The Power Of Approximation—it's Popular Mathematics Rounded To The Nearest Power Of Ten! The Ability To Estimate Is ...

“A fascination with them shines through every page of this beautifully illustrated celebration that doubles as a craft book...Attractive full-color photos...

A fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the ...

Newly updated and now in paperback, this backlist classic contains 2,000 diagrams and photos enabling you to visualize every sailing procedure and maneuver...

Time is on your side...and do more with the time you have. Small Woodworking Projects is a stellar collection of approachable and quick-to-make projects fr...

Covers All U.s. And Canadian Models Of Acura Integra, Legend, And Vigor; Wiring And Vacuum Diagrams--cover.Categories: Education & TeachingSchools &...

mechanical Vibrations, 5/e Is Ideal For Undergraduate Courses In Vibration Engineering. retaining The Style Of Its Previous Editions, This Text Presents Th...

Taking a unique approach to the presentation of mechanical concepts, Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise, Third Edition With Web Resource and MaxTRAQEducat...

Was The Former Director-general Of The Security Service, Sir Roger Hollis, A Traitor? What Was The Events In The 1960s Which Led To The Self-destructive Sea...

A Humorous Description Of Motherhood From The Supermom Type To The Mother Who Puts Her Children Outside To Play When The Chill Factor Is 40 Below. By Erma B...

This Accessible Book Provides Readers With Clear And Concise Discussions Of Key Concepts While Also Incorporating Familiar Terminology. The Author Treats Th...

2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner Brew your own kombucha at home! With more than 400 recipes, including 268 unique flavor combinations, you can get e...

Here is the complete story of the legendary vessel from design to its building in Harland & Wolf's Belfast shipyard and a detailed chronicle of the cata...

**Buy the Paperback version of this book and get the Kindle eBook version for FREE!**The Ford name is everywhere, even in places where you don’t see it. I...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Rational Optimist And Genome Returns With A Fascinating, Brilliant Argument For Evolution That Definitively Dis...

Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued wi...

Jeremy Black. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [292]-320) And Index.Categories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

This Book Balances An Authoritative, Up-to-date Discussion Of Current Practices With A Vision Of What Land Use Planning Should Become. It Explores The Socie...

This is an account of the turbulent saga of the only Arab state that has a nominal Christian majority. Packed with rival religious sects, feudal chieftain...

Author Charles Bohi has spent countless summers combing Canada's west for information and photographing thousands of stations and structures. The result ...

Architect Harry Seidler has spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to ...

Finally, a complete resource on shoring and stabilization of emergency scenes. This new book takes the reader step-by-step through the basic principles of ...

This text includes 30 kid's projects with instructions on how to build them safely and accurately.Categories: Engineering & Transportation EngineeringIn...

The Author Offers A Thorough Analysis Of The Events, Efforts, And Qualities That Led To The Allied Victory In World War Ii: The War At Sea, The Battles In R...

Within the interviews, lectures, essays, and letters of this book, Srila Prabhupada talks about practicing yoga in the modern age. Topics include karma and ...

Welcome to the world of miniature aviation. It’s entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don’t get caught!), or anywhere there mig...

Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the...

Machine Tool Practices, Tenth Edition, Provides A Richly Illustrated, Practical, And Understandable Treatment Of Machine Tool Technology And Related Subject...

The Story Of The Rescue Of America's Newest Submarine, Squalus, From The North Atlantic On The Eve Of World War Ii. Thirty-three Crew Miraculously Survived ...

teamwork, Projects, Collaborative Problem Solving, Innovation, And Creativity Are Central To Success In Engineering, Especially In The Increasingly Global...

The Arduino is a cheap, flexible, open source microcontroller platform designed to make it easy for hobbyists to use electronics in homemade projects. With ...

riveting and comprehensive, encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics. —Financial Times In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the gre...

Written With Peter Petre. Linda Grey Bantam Books. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable People MilitaryGeneral

Diagrids Are Load-bearing Structures Made Of Steel Diagonal Grids. They Were First Used In The Great Buildings Of The Turn Of The Millennium, Such As The Sw...

This is the book is for anyone who has ever dreamed of being a farmer. Practical and optimistic, You Can Farm gives prospective farmers a clear, step-by-ste...

Digital imagery and digital color are everywhere, yet operating a color-managed system has remained a mystery... until now! Fresh from pioneering work in ...

Concrete's multifaceted nature has made it very popular today with planners and builders. Besides the enormous potential inherent in its load-bearing capaci...

Bd. 1. Deutsch-englisch.--bd. 2. Englisch-deutsch. Richard Ernst. Added T.p. In English: Dictionary Of Engineering And Technology.Categories: Engineering &a...

WORTERBUCH DER INDUSTRIELLEN TECHNIK (BD. 1): DUETSCH-ENGLISCHCategories: Science & MathTechnology

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, a...